RedsFest Wrap

After attending my first RedsFest on Saturday, I came home very impressed.
RedsFest is a very professional operation that ran smoothly.  From the autograph and photo booths to the memorabilia show, and the main stage events, everything was very well put together, each of the different aspects of the event kept me at the Duke Energy [...]

Brandon is Golden

Congratulations to Brandon Phillips for winning the National League Gold Glove Award for second base.  I have to admit, he is my favorite Red.  Hopefully he comes again this year to the Reds Winter Caravan stop in Louisville so I can personally congratulate him.
I also wanted to note that BP was selected as the Bill [...]

Questions and Rumors

Here we go again. The Reds get slapped around by the Red Sox today 9-0 and lose another series. Poor pitching again by Homer Bailey who looks nothing like the promising young prospect we all hoped that he would be.
How come Dick Pole and/or Dusty don’t get into his face and light him [...]

Brandon Phillips is Our Homeboy

A day after Valentines, the Reds are showing second baseman Brandon Phillips the love by signing him to a 4 year contract worth an estimated $27 million to avoid arbitration and to lockup one of the brightest stars of the Reds’ roster.
A CFT favorite, Phillips came to Cincinnati near the beginning of the 2006 after [...]

Lazy Sunday Links and News II

Brandon Phillips and Matt Beslisle arbitration
Both Brandon Phillips and Matt Belisle filed for arbitration this week. 
For Belisle: Salary-$390,000 Asking-$1.65 million Reds Counter-$1 million
For Phillips: Salary-$407,000 Asking -$4.2 million Reds Counter-$2.7 million
JinAZ has a nice breakdown with some figures
Spring Training Home
Former COO John Allen made a trip out to Goodyear, Arizona this past week looking [...]